Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Mount Horeb is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin. In 1829, the Winnebago tribe ceded the area to the United States, and the tract of land was purchased in 1849 and settled as "Blue Mounds Township". It was founded in 1861 and named "Mount Horeb" after the Biblical mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments; Norwegian immigrants came to inhabit the area after 1871. Mount Horeb soon became known as a Norwegian ethnic enclave, and it became "The Troll Capital of the World" due to its celebration of its Norse heritage (including depictions of trolls, major figures in Norse mythology). In 2017, Mount Horeb had a population of 7,421 people.